Scientists on Reddit

Alie Ward

Science writer and host of the Ologies podcast

u/AlieWard ↗AMA only

How we know it's theirs

The 2018 r/IAmA AMA, posted from this account

We retrieved 1 post and 57 comments from u/AlieWard, dated 2018 to 2023, most often in r/IAmA and r/OlogiesPodcast.

Best moment

A redditor wrote in r/OlogiesPodcast

On “Ologies: Chickenology (HENS & ROOSTERS) Part 1 with Tove Danovich”

Chickenology is a pretty lame term compared to some of the others ologies that use root words. Wish it sounded more professional and not so made up.

u/AlieWard replied

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Hi! Just your weird dad chiming in way late to say, YES. This is not the coolest term. I thought maybe Gallusology would have been used in the literature at least once, but nope. Nowhere. Rather, I found one of the world's leading poultry pathology researchers from the University of Bristol proudly identifying as a Chickenologist. So I defer to the academics and ... Chickenology it is: https://www.researchgate.net/lab/Chickenology-Paul-Wigley

More moments

A redditor wrote in r/IAmA

On “I'm Alie Ward, Daytime Emmy Award winning host and STEM enthuiast! Ask Me Anything! #AskAlieAMA”

Congratulations on the show and podcast Gobless. My question is: what did you learn this week?

u/AlieWard replied

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Good question. This week I was editing the Ologies epode on #FunctionalMorphology with Dr. Joy Reidenberg and learned that sperm whale echolocation clicks are loud enough to burst human eardrums and also that the 1883 Krakatoa eruption was so loud that it straight up killed people from the noise. I also learned that International Raccoon Appreciation Day is October 1, so we all have 364 days to prep for next year and craft raccoon suits. GET ON IT MOREMUSTACHE.